White Vanilla Ice Cream
Ingredients :
ICE CREAM
1 x 600 milliliter full cream milk
300 ml cream
6 tbl white sugar
5 x egg yolks
2 tsp cornflour
1 x vanilla bean, (or 2 tsp vanilla essence)
CHOCOLATE SAUCE
250 gm dark chocolate
50 gm unsalted butter
2 tsp orange liqueur
100 ml cream
Method :
* ICE-CREAM:
Put the milk and half the sugar in a saucepan over medium heat and bring to the boil, stirring occasionally.
* Split the vanilla bean lengthways and add to the milk - or add vanilla essence.
* In a bowl (not plastic), whisk the egg yolks with the remaining sugar. When the sugar has dissolved, stir in the cornflour.
* When the milk has boiled, pour it in to the egg yolk and sugar mixture. Stir well and then pour the mixture back into the saucepan. Place over a low heat, stirring constantly and allow the mixture to thicken.
* Strain the mixture into a mixing bowl. Remove the vanilla bean and scape the seeds into the mixture.
* Cover with plastic and allow to cool. When cool, pour in cream and pour the mixture into an ice cream maker, or put into a large bowl and place in the freezer, stirring every so often until set.
* SAUCE:
Melt the chocolate in bowl over hot water bath (bain marie).
* Stir in butter and allow to melt.
* Stir in orange liqueur and cream and continue to stir until it has become a smooth, rich sauce.
* Handy Hint: If using vanilla bean there will be tiny black dots in the finished product, this is perfectly normal (in fact it shows the ice cream is genuine!).
* Leftover Potential: Keeps well in the freezer for several days.